Chinese Food

Casey Schoonover: Most people come for the $3.50 roast pork w/ rice and vegetable but for $6 you get roast pig and duck as well. Huge portion and so delicious! Totally worth it!

Norton Wang: Get the xiaolongbao. Get 3 of them and skip everything else.

SkeeterNYC: Take a seat that faces the back of the shop so you can watch them make your hand pulled noodles from scratch. MUST order the #9 pork soup & the fried dumplings. Best dumplings in NYC.

Joe Essenfeld: eat dim sum until you sweat msg

Adrien: Dreams come true! Think Xian with more options and seating in a nice space. Order the young chicken noodles, big enough for two. Start with the skewers. Tip: mild is already spicy

Eric Wagner: The Braised Fish Filets w. Napa Cabbage & Roasted Chili belongs to an elite class of foods defined by the fact that when you consume them, it is impossible to fathom consuming anything more delicious.

Lane Rettig: Delicious Sichuan food! I love the dry pot style. Mild is already pretty spicy so be careful!

Chris Dixon: Country duck is great

Norton Wang: An explosion of flavor

Real Cheap Eats: Avoid the steamed roast pork buns here and stick with the famous baked version. "These soft, lightly glazed buns don’t skimp on the saucy, sweet and savory roast pork filling." Read more.

Norman: This place feel like being back in China... So many tasty food options, hard to decide which one to get. Visit multiple times and sample different shops each time :)

Serious Eats: Muslim lamb chop ($21.95), braised until fall-off-the-bone tender, fried until crisp, and jacketed with an intensely flavored coating of cumin? Yes Virginia, we're still in China.

Serious Eats: You go here for one thing: pork wontons in hot oil (no. 6). The thin wonton skins hold a delicate filling; mild chili oil and preserved vegetable topping make this one of the best dumplings in NYC.

Serious Eats: Hand-pulled noodle specialist in Elmhurst. The knife-cut noodles are thick and doughy—and very good.

Real Cheap Eats: Try the assam laksa ($5,95), "a tart, pungent, spicy broth spiked with tamarind, dried shrimp paste and chilies, then filled with thick glass noodles, chunks of fish, pineapple, cucumber and onion." Read more.

Jeremy Fisher: A-wah specializes in Bo Zai Fan (rice casserole dishes). #62, the house special Chinese sausage and minced pork ($8.50), is the one to get

Ted Conbeer: They skewer things and roast them over charcoal, with lots of cumin, chile powder, and salt. Awesome. Griddle Pancake and Mushroom skewers almost made a full meal for $2.50

Norton Wang: Get the garlic chicken and the salt pepper squid. And the sweets. And the drinks. Just get everything.